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. 2016 Aug 27;13(9):853. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13090853

Table 5.

Dose in units of milligrams of chemical per kilogram body weight per day computed for chemicals of concern for daily (non-cancer endpoint) and lifetime (cancer endpoint) exposures. Routes evaluated included oral, dermal and inhalation. Concentrations used include the maximum value and the 95% UCL.

Dose (mg/kg/day) Oral, Ds Dermal, Dd Inhalation, Di
Exposure Averaging Time Daily Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime
Max UCL Max UCL Max UCL Max UCL
Arsenic 1.4 × 10−4 9.6 × 10−5 1.5 × 10−6 1.1 × 10−6 9.3 × 10−7 6.7 × 10−7 3.6 × 10−11 2.5 × 10−11
Barium 1.7 × 10−3 5.8 × 10−4 1.9 × 10−5 6.5 × 10−6 3.9 × 10−6 1.3 × 10−6 1.5 × 10−10 5.1 × 10−11
Vanadium * 8.0 × 10−4 2.8 × 10−4 8.9 × 10−6 3.1 × 10−6 5.8 × 10−7 6.4 × 10−7 6.9 × 10−11 2.4 × 10−11
Benzo[a]pyrene 3.7 × 10−5 4.2 × 10−6 4.2 × 10−7 4.7 × 10−8 1.7 × 10−6 1.9 × 10−7 6.5 × 10−12 7.3 × 10−13
Benz[a]anthracene 1.8 × 10−4 2.1 × 10−5 2.0 × 10−6 2.4 × 10−7 8.0 × 10−6 9.7 × 10−7 3.1 × 10−11 3.7 × 10−12
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 2.3 × 10−5 2.6 × 10−6 2.6 × 10−7 2.9 × 10−8 1.0 × 10−6 1.2 × 10−7 4.0 × 10−12 4.5 × 10−13
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene 6.9 × 10−7 1.3 × 10−8 7.7 × 10−9 1.4 × 10−10 3.2 × 10−8 5.9 × 10−10 1.2 × 10−13 2.2 × 10−15

* Daily dose for vanadium through inhalation routes is 6.9 × 10−11 mg/kg/day using the maximum value and 1.9 × 10−11 mg/kg/day using the 95% UCL.